In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory
(50%), so the last-place candidate (Tony Shalhoub, The Band's Visit) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory
(50%), so the last-place candidate (Harry Hadden-Paton, My Fair Lady) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

Joshua Henry, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel has enough votes to guarantee victory
(50%) and is declared a winner.In the end, 58%
of all cast ballots counted toward a winner.
This compares to 34.8%
if only the first-round votes were used.

Also, view the
Ballot Depth info to see how much lower rankings contributed to the tally.

DemoChoice Web Poll: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical